[GIT PULL] vboxsf fixes for 5.14-1

[Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>]

Hi Al,

Here is a pull-req with a set of patches fixing a vboxsf bug for 5.14.

This patch-set has been posted on the linux-fsdevel several times,
unfortunately no-one seem to have interest in / time for reviewing
vboxsf patches.

So as the vboxsf maintainer I'm now sending this pull-req
(based on a signed tag) directly to you, hoping that you will accept
it directly from me.

Note this fixes a bug which users have been hitting in the wild,
so it would be good to get this merged soon.

Regards,

Hans


The following changes since commit 6efb943b8616ec53a5e444193dccf1af9ad627b5:

  Linux 5.13-rc1 (2021-05-09 14:17:44 -0700)

are available in the Git repository at:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hansg/linux.git tags/vboxsf-v5.14-1

for you to fetch changes up to 52dfd86aa568e433b24357bb5fc725560f1e22d8:

  vboxsf: Add support for the atomic_open directory-inode op (2021-06-23 14:36:52 +0200)

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Signed tag for a set of bugfixes for vboxsf for 5.14

This patch series adds support for the atomic_open
directory-inode op to vboxsf.

Note this is not just an enhancement this also fixes an actual issue
which users are hitting, see the commit message of the
"boxsf: Add support for the atomic_open directory-inode" patch.

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Hans de Goede (4):
      vboxsf: Honor excl flag to the dir-inode create op
      vboxsf: Make vboxsf_dir_create() return the handle for the created file
      vboxsf: Add vboxsf_[create|release]_sf_handle() helpers
      vboxsf: Add support for the atomic_open directory-inode op

 fs/vboxsf/dir.c    | 76 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 fs/vboxsf/file.c   | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 fs/vboxsf/vfsmod.h |  7 +++++
 3 files changed, 116 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)